Swimming Strokes
Swimming Strokes
Swimming Strokes
strokes.
To perform the front crawl, lie on your tummy in the water. You begin by alternating
your arms forward like a windmill. This pushes the water behind you, propelling you
forward. Your legs should be kicking in a flutter movement, and you should be breathing
Tips:
Stretch your body out and float on your front, with your face in the water
Keep your ankles floppy like flippers and alternate your kicks up and down. Legs should
Stretch out your arms in front. Pull one arm under your body all the way to the thigh.
Repeat with your second arm, as your first exits the water to return to its starting
position.
Turn your head to the side to breathe in when you have both arms stretch in opposite
directions. One ear should be out of the water as you turn your head.
position.
To start the backstroke, begin on your back. Your arms will windmill away from your
Tips:
Stretch your body out and float on your back, with your face out of the water looking up
keep your ankles floppy like flippers and alternate your kicks up and down. Legs should
be long with toes pointed, with continuous kicks. Keep your knees under the water with
Stretch your arms down the side of your body. Bring one arm out of the water in a
windmill motion. Pull one arm under your body all the way to the thigh. Repeat with your
second arm, as your first exits the water to return to its starting position.
to young swimmers.
have to put your head underwater to perform the breaststroke, start with you tummy
facing down in the water. Move your arms in a half-circle in front of your body. It
will look a bit like a frog. Your legs will perform a whip kick. Bring them toward
It involves frog kicking alternates with simultaneous movement of the arms from a
Stretch your body out and float on your front, with your face in the water Arms should
With your head in the water, stretch out your arms in front. Point your thumbs down as
you stroke lift your head to breathe as you bring your arms together.
second fastest competitive stroke, and at times, can reach a top speed faster than the
front crawl.
To butterfly, start on your stomach facing the bottom of the pool. Bring you arms, at the
same time, over your head. Push them into the water to propel yourself forward. Then
repeat. Your head will rise up and down above the surface of the water. Your legs should
stay together and straight as you kick. This is a dolphin kick, which looks like the tail of a
dolphin.
Tips:
Stretch your body out and float on your front, with your face in the water Your body will
move in a wave from head to toe, bending and straightening at the knee.
Pull your arms under the body through to your hips. Recover your arms over the water
Push your chin forward to take a breath near the end of the arm pull kick twice per arm